The VW ID.3 is the best-selling vehicle in Ireland for its first month in market. The Irish new car market records a spectacular surge in September at +66.3% year-on-year to 5.684 units, also the very first gain of 2020 leading to a year-to-date tally down -25.8% to 84.534. Volkswagen (+34.6%)…
The ID.3 is already Volkswagen's best-seller in Finland. Even though Finnish new car sales limit their fall to -1.2% year-on-year to 8.272 units in September, this is the 9th consecutive year-on-year decline for this market, meaning every single month of 2020 has been in negative so far. This catastrophic situation…
The Peugeot 2008 II repeats at #2 with 5.5% share, both all-time records. 16/09 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 340 All-models. 9/09 update: Now with Top 10 EV models. After showing the entire European continent the way to recovery in June (+1.2%) - and confirming in July (+3.9%) -…
The Toyota C-HR breaks into the NZ Top 10 for the first time. Hampered by a new coronavirus lockdown in Auckland, the New Zealand new vehicle market is back in frank negative in August at -15.8% year-on-year to 10.610 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -23.6% to 76.422. In…
The Nissan Patrol is the best-selling vehicle in UAE both in July and YTD. New car sales in the United Arab Emirates drop -32.4% year-on-year in July to 10.436 units vs. 15.433 in July 2019, pulling the year-to-date tally down -28.6% to 86.770. After Q1 volumes edged down -8.7% but…
The Skoda Kamiq is the best-selling recent launch in Estonia at #15. New car sales in Estonia only fare marginally better in May at -62.5% to 1.107 than they did in April (-67.8%), leading to a year-to-date tally down -35.9% to 7.717. Skoda (-39.5%) resist significantly better than the market…
The Toyota Hilux is back to #1 in Argentina. As the country is slowly awakening from its COVID-19 torpor, new vehicle sales in Argentina drop -42.6% year-on-year in May to 21.015 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -45.4% to 115.864. That's a much better hold than in April (-88.3%) but still hardly…
The Toyota C-HR breaks its Greek ranking record for the 2nd straight month. Greece initiated a nationwide lockdown on March 23 and remained under the strictest movement restrictions all through April, starting to ease on May 4 when small retail shops and hair salons were allowed to open. The country has…
The Toyota RAV4 is #1 in Cyprus in April. Cyprus has managed to contain the spread of the coronavirus, with 916 cases as of May 18 vs. 750 as of April 17. But quarantine measures mean its new car market is hit as hard as the rest of Europe, with…
Audi falls "just" -46.1% year-on-year in Poland in April. 11/06 update: Now with Top 160 Passenger Cars YTD ranking. The coronavirus has continued to spread steadily in Poland throughout April, with 2.311 cases as of March 31 but 12.877 as of April 30 despite lockdown measures. The new car market…
Mercedes manages the only single-digit drop in the Top 20. After strict lockdowns stifled February wholesales down -79.1% and just as the rest of the world gets hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese new vehicle market is already bouncing back quite spectacularly, as we already mentioned in the past week.…
The Peugeot 2008 II breaks into its home Top 5 for the first time in February. 19/03 update: Now with the Top 285 All-models. The French new car market records a second consecutive month in negative in February at a much more palatable -2.7% year-on-year to 167.785 units, leading to…
The Kia Xceed breaks into the Polish passenger car Top 30 in February. The Polish new car market sinks -11.8% year-on-year in February to 43.154 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -13.2% to 87.020. When looking at passenger cars only, sales are down -11.7% in February to 37.900 and down…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina in February. New vehicle sales in Argentina skid down -31.7% year-on-year in February to just 27.204 registrations - the weakest February volume since 2004 - bringing the year-to-date tally down -27.8% to 71.921. An old and somewhat questionable theory of the…
The Volvo XC40 smashes its ranking record at home to hit #2 in February. The Swedish new car market drops -6.3% year-on-year in February to 21.694 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -11.8% to 38.492. Sales of rechargeable cars (EV+PHEV) surge another 95% in February to 25.1% of the…